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<p>Population changes varied widely across the country with the&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">fastest growing areas being the four administrative areas of Dublin, along with the commuter belt counties of Meath, Kildare, Laois, Longford and Louth.</span></p>

<ul>
	<li>Fingal: + 8 %</li>
	<li>Meath: + 5.9</li>
	<li>Kildare: + 5.6</li>
	<li>Dun Laoighre/Rathdown: + 5.3</li>
	<li>Laois: + 5.2</li>
	<li>South Dublin: + 5.1</li>
	<li>Dublin City: + 4.8</li>
	<li>Longford:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 4.6</span></li>
	<li>Louth:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 4.5</span></li>
	<li>Wicklow: + 4.2</li>
	<li>Cork: + 4.2</li>
	<li>Carlow: + 4.1</li>
	<li>Cavan: + 4.0</li>
	<li>Kilkenny:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 3.9</span></li>
	<li><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Wexford:&nbsp;+ 3.0</span></li>
	<li><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Westmeath:&nbsp;+ 2.6</span></li>
	<li>Galway: + 2.2</li>
	<li>Offaly:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 1.7</span></li>
	<li>Limerick: + 1.6</li>
	<li>North Tipp:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 1.5</span></li>
	<li>Kerry: + 1.4</li>
	<li>Waterford: + 1.4</li>
	<li>Monaghan:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 1.3</span></li>
	<li>Clare:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 1.2</span></li>
	<li>South Tipp: + 0.7</li>
	<li>Leitrim:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">+ 0.6</span></li>
	<li>Roscommon: 0.6</li>
	<li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Mayo: - 0.2</span></li>
	<li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Sligo: - 0.1</span></li>
	<li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Donegal: - 1.5</span></li>
</ul>
